India Strengthens Global Food Security: FCI Signs Five-Year Rice Supply Agreement with World Food Programme

• MoU between Food Corporation of India (FCI) and World Food Programme (WFP) for supply of 200,000 MT of rice over a five-year horizon to support global humanitarian feeding operations.
• Operationalises India's "Vishwa Bandhu" / humanitarian diplomacy posture and feeds into SDG-2 (Zero Hunger) delivery via a UN agency.
• Relevant for UPSC across GS-II (India–UN, bilateral/multilateral) and GS-III (food security, buffer stocks, agri-trade).